In Wednesday night's highlight show, she once again turned off some viewers for suggesting that she doesn't like being aligned with lesbians, gays and bisexual people simply because she's a trans woman.

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During a discussion about race relations, India brought the subject back to herself by speculating that the lads in the house would "feel more comfortable flirting with Shane [Jenek] because he's a gay guy".

"It's also because of my demeanour," Shane insisted. "Not just because I'm a gay guy."

"I think this is part of the problem being hitched to LGB," India argued. "It's the confusion element. I do feel that women like me have, sort of, been drowned out by the LGBT narrative that's been going on."

"The LGBT has allowed you to be here to have this voice," Shane disagreed. "The trans people were such a small part, 1 to 3%. And by lobbying, essentially, with the L, G and the B, and from 1969 to now, we now have an environment [where you] can be a news reader."

Shane Lynch interjected at that point to explain why he felt India was too quick to look for offence or agitation, which many viewers agreed with:

Even Big Brother threw some shade at India, by having continuity announcer Marcus Bentley introduce the discussion on trans women with: "India has brought the conversation back to her favourite subject."

It remains to be seen whether tonight's discussion will have any impact on the first live eviction, as India and Jonny Mitchell vie for the public votes to stay in the house on Friday night (January 12).

Celebrity Big Brother continues on Thursday (January 11) at 9pm on Channel 5, followed by Rylan Clark-Neal with Big Brother's Bit on the Side at 11.05pm.